The Union
by Alex Moran
"The Lieutenant's been fooled, hasn't he? He wants
to join all the other locked up, besotted boys with
a bitter taste in their mouths..."
Liverpool. A bare room above an unremarkable inn. The beguiling former spy, Belle Boyd, the 'Cleopatra of the Secession', stands in the corner, impassively, as a sickly man asks her to tell him their story.
A Union ship. The middle of the Atlantic. A young, handsome Samuel Hardinge is guarding the freshly captured Belle Boyd. Less ferocious when faced with the gallows, she is soothed by the Lieutenant, and heads and hearts are slowly turned.
However, the ship's solemn Captain, Swasey, warns Hardinge that Boyd is manipulating him like so many others before. Will Hardinge heed Swasey's word, or believe Boyd and help her escape?
The Union looks at the inscrutable middle-ground between true love and misplaced trust.
Funders and Friends
CREATIVE TEAM
Cast
Lindsay Goulbourne
Hayley Greggs
Rachel Hankin
Rose Hardy
Zoe Marras
Rachel Molloy
Amber-Page Moss
Katy Owens
Keri Spellman
Directors
Ursula Carey-Jenkins
Natalie Ann Dowdeswell
Chris Fittock
Designer
Grace Stead
Composer
Christopher Johns
Film Maker
Natalie Humphreys
Historians
Nicola Jones
Dr. Reg Yorke
David Davies
Bob Jones
The Theatre in the Rough Festival 2012 is funded by:
The Heritage Lottery Fund
Arts Council England Grants
for the Arts
And is supported by:
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Sefton MBC Arts & Cultural Services
Friends of Old Christ Church
